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|group=Koteshwara Brahmin <br />
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|popplace=[[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
|langs=[[Mother tongue]] is [[Kannada language|Kannada]]<br />
|rels=[[Hinduism]] ([[Vaishnava]])<br />
|related = [[Shivalli Brahmin]] • [[Kota Brahmin]] • [[Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins]] • [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmin]]<br />
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'''Koteshwara Brahmins''' (also known as '''Koteshwara Magane Brahmins''') are a [[Hindu]] [[Brahmin]] subcaste mainly from the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. The community is mainly concentrated in the [[Koteshwara]], [[Kundapur]], and surrounding areas of [[Udupi district]] in [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: South Kanara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jooBAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|year=1973|page=109|quote=The Koteshwara Brahmins , who are Madhvas , are a small body who take their name from Koteshwara , a place in Coondapur taluk.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Karnataka State: Udupi District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LGiex76a5-kC|author=S. Anees Siraj|publisher=Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Gazetteer Department|year=2012|page=178|quote=The sub-divisions amongst the Brahmins in the district are Havyak, Shivalli, Kota, Koteshwar, Sthanik, Karhad, Saraswat, Chitpavan, Deshasth etc. Karhads, Saraswats and Chitpavans are immigrants from Maharashtra.}}</ref> The community takes its name from the village [[Koteshwara]], which is their native place.<ref>{{cite book|title=Brahmanas of South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVluAAAAMAAJ|author=Nagendra Rao|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|year=2005|page=60|isbn = 9788178353005}}</ref> Koteshwara Brahmins follows the [[Dvaita Vedanta]] propounded by [[Madhvacharya]] and are followers of [[Sodhe|Sodhe Vadiraja Swami Matha]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Brahmanas of South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVluAAAAMAAJ|author=Nagendra Rao|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|year=2005|page=77|isbn = 9788178353005}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kannada Brahmins]]<br />
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[[Category:Kannada Brahmins]]<br />
[[Category:Mangalorean society]]<br />
[[Category:Brahmin communities of Karnataka]]<br />
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